Araca River

  • Credit

    Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch.</P> <P><IMG SRC="/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/usgs_logo.gif" WIDTH=167 HEIGHT=62 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 BORDER=0></P>

Brazil’s Araca River is a tributary of the Negro River, which feeds into the Amazon.

This image was acquired by Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor on March 3, 1999. This is a false-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, near infrared, and green wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor’s panchromatic band.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Landsat 7/ETM+

  • Visualization Date

    2002-03-11